"We were convinced that the people needs and requires this faith. We have therefore undertaken the fight against the atheistic movement, and that not merely with a few theoretical declarations: we have stamped it out."

"America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. "-Hunter S. Thompson

"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."-Hunter S. Thompson

"I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes."-Hunter S. Thompson

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."-Hunter S. Thompson

"There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge..."-Hunter S. Thompson

And last, but certainly not least:

"No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master."-Hunter S. Thompson

Schopenhauer wrote:Man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills

Heh, I was Hunter S. Thompson for Halloween.

"When I come to my own beliefs, I find myself quite unable to discern any purpose in the universe, and still more unable to wish to discern one." ~ Bertrand Russell"If we do not succeed, we run the risk of failure." ~ Dan Quayle

"In a severe blow to the credibility of evolutionary science, biologist Richard Dawkins admitted today that Darwin's theory of evolution could offer no rational explanation for the continued existence of creationists. The process of natural selection sees genes which provide an advantage in the battle for survival being preserved across generations, but scientists can find no useful purpose for the gene which leads people to believe that the earth was created in only six days about 10,000 years ago."

Summary:

"Evolution cannot explain idiots."

Some would insinuate that being drunk at 9 in the morning to be signs of serious issues.Me? I'd insinuate it as signs of no plans and a refrigerator full of Whiskey and Guinness.

"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell

“I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.” - Isaac Asimov

The individual human mind. In a child's power to master the multiplication table, there is more sanctity than in all your shouted "amens" and "holy holies" and "hosannas." An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is a greater miracle than all the sticks turned to snakes or the parting of the waters. But, now, are we to forgo all this progress because Mr. Brady now frightens us with a fable?!

BrainBlow wrote:"We fought for King and country, not the fucking government!"-Alf R. Bjercke - Norwegian war veteran

Is this more noteworthy in its context? What makes fighting for a king better than fighting for government?

Yes, it is. The prime minister pretty much left the king out of the distribution of the Norwegian war cross. A medal that these veterans have waited an entire lifetime for because the government previously didn't want to give, apparently because medals were considered bad.His Majesty wanted it to be handed out though, but suddenly the prime minister took the honor of doing that once the ceremony was to be held.This was an enormous scandal yesterday, and Alf R. Bjercke reacted to it with this quote.The king is supposed to hand this out, not our slippery little fucking untrustworthy politicians. Hell, the government originally wanted to surrender to Hitler during the war. The king's grandfather, Haakon VII, used his Veto right that time, and Norway continued to fight Hitler, even when Germany took over. These men fought for said king and said people, not the government.Was I a Christian then I'd end this sentence with "God bless our Monarchy".

When the government tries to hand these medals over and leaves the king out(who according to the CONSTITUTION is the one supposed to do this) then that is a spit in the face of the veterans, the king and the Norwegian people.

televator wrote:Is this more noteworthy in its context? What makes fighting for a king better than fighting for government?

Yes, it is. The prime minister pretty much left the king out of the distribution of the Norwegian war cross. A medal that these veterans have waited an entire lifetime for because the government previously didn't want to give, apparently because medals were considered bad.His Majesty wanted it to be handed out though, but suddenly the prime minister took the honor of doing that once the ceremony was to be held.This was an enormous scandal yesterday, and Alf R. Bjercke reacted to it with this quote.The king is supposed to hand this out, not our slippery little fucking untrustworthy politicians. Hell, the government originally wanted to surrender to Hitler during the war. The king's grandfather, Haakon VII, used his Veto right that time, and Norway continued to fight Hitler, even when Germany took over. These men fought for said king and said people, not the government.Was I a Christian then I'd end this sentence with "God bless our Monarchy".

When the government tries to hand these medals over and leaves the king out(who according to the CONSTITUTION is the one supposed to do this) then that is a spit in the face of the veterans, the king and the Norwegian people.

To put it in a better context:It's the difference between the Queen giving you medals and knighting you, and giving you honors, and the Prime Minister jumping in at the last second to do it instead of the Queen.

>.>

I can always put it in context of American Idol, if you want.

Some would insinuate that being drunk at 9 in the morning to be signs of serious issues.Me? I'd insinuate it as signs of no plans and a refrigerator full of Whiskey and Guinness.

I for one would rather be a hypocrite than an idle witness to mass murder. The argument to not intervene in Libya because the west/UN/NATO/etc doesn't intervene in every despot and dictatorship is a false one. It is the currency of those who justify repression and murder of innocent civilians. Perhaps those who truly believe such should watch 'Shindler's List' and then dismiss the efforts of Mr. Shindler because he was a Nazi supporter initially.

The people - actually, the recognized government according to France - asked for assistance. At what cost to NATO is giving the people the right to choose their own destiny? Boots on the grounds? Massive warplanes being shot down? No. Some pounds and euros and dollars is all. If we do not extend the same inherent universal rights we so claim to cherish to the brothers and sisters of the world who are begging for it, and require so very very little of us to do, we sorely do not deserve those rights for ourselves.

Ã¢â‚¬Å½"You develop a sense of global conciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something about it. From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, 'Look at that, you son of a bitch.'"-Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut

Some would insinuate that being drunk at 9 in the morning to be signs of serious issues.Me? I'd insinuate it as signs of no plans and a refrigerator full of Whiskey and Guinness.